Kaimai Volcano
Updated: May 1, 2024 16:01 GMT -
Volcanic field 564 m / 1850 ft
New Zealand, -37.8°S / 176.22°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
New Zealand, -37.8°S / 176.22°E
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Kaimai volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than 2.58 million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 27, 10:55 am (Auckland) | 2.4 131 km | New Zealand | Info | ||
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 24, 01:27 pm (Auckland) | 3.1 33 km | 20 km (12 mi) to the N | New Zealand I FELT IT | Info | |
Sunday, April 21, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
Apr 21, 11:36 pm (Auckland) | 3.0 275 km | 21 km (13 mi) to the NE | New Zealand | Info | |
Apr 21, 08:13 pm (Auckland) | 2.7 148 km | 23 km (14 mi) to the S | New Zealand | Info | |
Saturday, April 20, 2024 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
Apr 21, 04:23 am (Auckland) | 2.3 166 km | 22 km northwest of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | Info | ||
Apr 21, 12:56 am (Auckland) | 2.3 135 km | New Zealand | Info |
Background
The Kaimai area contains eight major outcrops of Pliocene and lower Pleistocene rhyolites (Skinner 1986). Houghton (1994 pers. comm.) found no evidence for Pleistocene domes at Kaimai.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information